October 12, 2009

Photo Finish for the October 12, 2009 Issue

Photo/Courtesy To mark the company's 30th anniversary, more than 150 employees and family members from Boston Scientific Corp. volunteered at Broad Meadow Brook in Worcester, painting, cleaning and restoring outdoor facilities at the conservation center. Since 1979, the Natick-based company has supported local and national organizations committed to expanding access to quality health care and educational opportunities for the underserved. Pictured here is a group of the Boston Scientific volunteers at the recent clean-up project.

Photo/Courtesy A dedication ceremony recently was held at the site of a joint project between Training Resources of America Inc. in Worcester, Main South Community Development Corp. in Worcester, and Haley Design Building of Worcester. Students from TRA's YouthBuild program helped to renovate a 130-year-old home at 189 Beacon St., which will be sold to a low-income, first-time home buyer. Pictured, from left to right, are: Tom O'Neill, legislative aide to Sen. Michael Moore; Larry Bernard, property maintenance administrator for Main South CDC; Kate Stromberg, TRA YouthBuild instructor; Kristi Bruwer, regional manager for TRA Central MA; Mallory Taylor, YouthBuild student; Kim Harmon, TRA's vice president of operations; Larry Haley, owner of Haley Design Building and representatives of the Saint-Gobain Corp., Jospeh P. Sullivan and Donna D. Zalauskas.

Photo/Courtesy Leominster Credit Union recently donated $3,000 to the Chester Mossman Teen Center in Lunenburg to support its new summer youth program. The center's new, six-week program will offer reading support, recreation activities and exposure to the creative arts. With the start of this program, the center will now operate on a year-round basis. Pictured, from left to right, are: Giulio Greco, chairman of the LCU board of directors; Michelle Belleza, director of the Chester Mossman Teen Center; Gordon Edmonds, LCU president and CEO; Mike Sauvageau, LCU director; Lunenburg board of selectman chairman Tom Alonzo and area teens who will benefit from the program.

Photo/Courtesy The Walmart Foundation recently donated $25,000 to UMass Memorial Hospital's Mobile Health Safety Unit. The donation will help support the unit's mission to provide information about safe and healthy alternative activities for young adults, which coincides with the foundation's focus on health, sustainability and economic opportunity. Pictured, from left to right, are: Chris Buchanan, senior manager of public affairs and government relations of Walmart; Victoria M. Diamond, senior vice president of UMass Memorial Medical Center and Dr. Michael P. Hirsh, pediatric surgeon and creator of the Mobile Health Safety Unit.

Photo/Courtesy HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster recently hosted a Kid Safety Day in partnership with the Molly Bish Foundation of West Warren and co-sponsored by MedStar Ambulance in Worcester. The afternoon featured free safety ID kits, t-shirts, ice cream and ambulance tours. Pictured is EMT Danny Harris with children taking an ambulance tour.